OnChildDraw.java

    int iconMargin = (itemView.getHeight() - icon.getIntrinsicHeight()) / 2;
    int iconTop = itemView.getTop() + (itemView.getHeight() - icon.getIntrinsicHeight()) / 2;
    int iconBottom = iconTop + icon.getIntrinsicHeight();

    if (dX > 0) { // Swiping to the right
      int iconLeft = itemView.getLeft() + iconMargin + icon.getIntrinsicWidth();
      int iconRight = itemView.getLeft() + iconMargin;
      icon.setBounds(iconLeft, iconTop, iconRight, iconBottom);

      background.setBounds(itemView.getLeft(), itemView.getTop(),
              itemView.getLeft() + ((int) dX) + backgroundCornerOffset,
              itemView.getBottom());
    } else if (dX < 0) { // Swiping to the left
      int iconLeft = itemView.getRight() - iconMargin - icon.getIntrinsicWidth();
      int iconRight = itemView.getRight() - iconMargin;
      icon.setBounds(iconLeft, iconTop, iconRight, iconBottom);

      background.setBounds(itemView.getRight() + ((int) dX) - backgroundCornerOffset,
              itemView.getTop(), itemView.getRight(), itemView.getBottom());
    } else { // view is unSwiped
      background.setBounds(0, 0, 0, 0);
    }

    background.draw(c);
    icon.draw(c);

icon.setBounds(0,0,0,0); missing before or after background.setBounds(0, 0, 0, 0); at line 21

the way you wrote it makes the icon visible after unswapping :) .